Seminary Graduation

I am finally done with Seminary! My four years are complete. I had to give a talk at the graduation and that was just about the scariest thing I have ever done. Not only that, it turned out to be the longest talk I've had to give, 10 minutes. I'm just glad it's over!

We the People

We the People was a competition that my government class was able to participate in. The competition was held in Washington DC. There are six different units who are asked different questions about the constitution. After giving a prepared speech, we are then questioned for six more minutes by the judges.
Wow! That is an experience that I will never forget! We spent hours preparing to go. Some nights were spent at school until late at night and early in the morning studying (I know! I'm a geek!).
I have never been so scared in my life! The people there were very rich and everything was very ritzy. I felt so out of place. When the judges would introduce themselves, they would say that they were a law professor at some prestegious university, a congressman, or some supreme court justice. And here I was. "I'm Emily Hall and I'm from Lewiston, Utah." Scary!















At the final banquet. There were so many forks I didn't know what to do with them!
















Liz and me getting ready for the competition. When I got to Washington, I opened my suitcase to find that my hairspray that I had zipped in a ziplock bag had spilt on my nice new shirts, one of which was a pinstrip that bled onto my other shirt. Needless to say that my shirts were ruined! Anyway after all that stress, a girl in my group let me wear one of hers, even though it was busting at the seams.















Goofing off...it wasn't all work!

Easter Weekend

The annual Richards Easter Family party was great. The kids got candy at the egg hunt, adult got food, and we all got to see each others' faces! Courtney and I helped hide the eggs because apparently we graduated from being a "little kid." What happened there? When it came time to go, the van wouldn't start. No one had jumper cables, so we didn't leave till late. What an adventure!

Best Friends!

Super Cute!

The Garrick Hall girls!

The Girls come to Lewiston!

Emilia in her car seat.

Elizabeth in her car seat.

The girls made there way up to Lewiston to see us on Monday. They are the cutest babies ever! Thanks Rob and Kelsie for making the trek all the way to Lewiston. They are dolls!

Conference Weekend

It was Conference Weekend again! That means the family dinner at the Coppermill and guess what? I got to go!! It was Lisa's and my first year of being with "the grown-ups." (That just made me feel really old!) Instead of babysitting fifteen children at Karalee's (those are some good memories), I got to go eat with the adults. Sweet! The food was amazing! It's been a while since I have with all of the family and let me tell you there were a lot. Fourty eight! There were so many people that that I didn't get to talk to most of my cousins. Our family is getting so big! I love every single one of them!

Courtney

The Stud-muffin!